Official training is over. Tranfers!

 Mom note: I got a text from my high school friend, Tricia Godfrey, yesterday telling me that her son will be Ethan's new companion! Such a small world 

So tomorrow is transfers! My companion will be leaving me to become a zone leader over in Goodletsville, and I'll be staying in Kirkwood with an elder named Elder Godfrey! I am stoked to stay here, we've been working hard and it would be a huge bummer to say bye to the folks God's put in our path. This last week we had this really cool member referral, the second referral I've received. She's this members Catholic friend who feels like her church is missing something. Pray for Sharon! She went to church and loved it so that's hype. 

Cool HOTL from the week: We felt like we should visit this lady in a trailer park, which was wierd for two reasons: it would use up the miles we had for the day, and it was still in the morning so she probably would not be home/ be busy. We pray to know whether or not we should, and we ended up heading over. 21 miles later, we show up and she's not home😂 huge surprise there but then we turn around and her neighbor is outside across the street. We ask her if she can share a message and she welcomes us into her home. Turns out she had had a miscarriage THE DAY BEFORE and had lost her job THE DAY BEFORE THAT. On top of that, she was a single mom with a 9-year-old special needs daughter that requires attention all day every day, and a 7 year old and 5 year old son. Long story short she needs Jesus😁 She loved the message of the restoration, and also gave us another referral for her non Christian friend. 

Something I've studied a lot lately is self sacrifice. As I've been out, I've realized that you literally cannot be a consecrated missionary without being completely and totally willing to give 100% of yourself to the lord. Maybe a decent missionary, but not an amazing one. If you haven't, read the talk "becoming a consecrated missionary." if you can't access it, contact me and I'll get it to you👍

Setting up for the "Nativity" event

Dan and Marci's Brother in law is a stake President in Kentucky which is in Ethan's area and he was finally able to meet him. Such a small world